Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

The Princess Pat: The central character of the story is Princess Patricia, a member of a royal family who finds herself in danger due to political unrest and personal conflict. She must navigate a series of obstacles that threaten both her life and her status. The novel follows her daring escape, showcasing her resourcefulness and determination as she attempts to avoid capture or worse.Historical Setting: Set during a period of political and social upheaval, the novel is grounded in a real...

You have built a career on being the person who delivers. The question is whether you can keep performing at this level, at this pace, for as long as you intend to.Most leadership advice assumes the answer is to work harder, sleep more, exercise better or manage your time more efficiently. But high performance does not begin with generic advice. It begins with biology.In The DNA of Performance, Alessandra Edwards shows why two capable leaders can follow the same routine and...

Jaroldeen Edwards has discovered that the best thing about adult life is "the privilege to choose my own patterns, to put first the things that matter the most to me and my family."The journey through this book will be inspiring to all mothers as well as to those without children, as Edwards says, "I have always felt that... in meaningful ways, we are alike."Her insights evolve through the book and are filled with humor, common sense, and pure joy of life. She considers mot...

For up-and-coming Formula One engineer Jack Pressley-Coombes, there is nothing better than the smell of rubber and the roar of a race car engine. When he witnesses a crash at the first international Grand Prix of the season, Jack makes a shocking discovery: his design is on a competitor’s car.To keep Davis Racing Ltd., his British Formula One employer, from closing its doors, Jack goes undercover for MI6 to ferret out the company saboteur. When the investigation interferes with his...

TThrough Spain to the Sahara written by Matilda Betham-Edwards who was an English novelist, travel writer and Francophile . This book is one of many works by her. Published in 1868. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may hav...

The collection starts with The Now Time, a poem I wrote in an effort to comprehend Time in relation to Self, and to propose advice to myself and the world about the magic of living in the moment. The next poem, Image of Self, gives meaning to true Image development. Further on, I write of personal experiences in a creative story-telling style. I offer romance in The Nature of Love, while Heart and Soul also tells of three characters Heart, Soul and Princess and how they work out their diff...

Depression will be the single biggest cause of disability worldwide, in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the realm of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still... until now.In this game-changing book, Professor Edward Bullmore reveals the breakthrough new science on the link between mental depression and physical inflammation. He explains how and why mental disorders can have their roots in the immune system and explores a whole n...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist comes what Publishers Weekly called the "definitive study" of the grisly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico.In the 1980's, Adolfo Constanzo, devotee of Santería and powerful cult leader opened shop in Mexico City as a fortune-teller. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, so too did his legendary brutality. Kidnappings, torture, and...

Let's Go teaches you step-by-step how to create fast, secure and maintainable web applications using the fantastic programming language Go (also known as Golang).The idea behind the book is to help you learn by doing. Together we'll walk through the start-to-finish build of a complete web application, from starting a server for the first time to session management and authenticating users.Building a complete web application has a number of benefits: it help...

"Complete with time-lines, charts, photographs and other illustrations, 'Being Gay Is Disgusting' is Edward Falzon's hilarious and eye-opening chapter-by-chapter retelling of the first five books of the Bible." (Gay Chicago Magazine) -- "Falzon sets out to remedy Biblical ignorance ... The successful result, intended to enlighten and educate, is a hilariously faithful summary." (Front Page Online) -- From Genesis to Deuteronomy, 'Being Gay is Disgusting' captures the essence of the Bible i...